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Mark 4:2

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And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
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  1. Mark 3:23Rank 1 from verse 2
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    23And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

  2. Mark 4:11Rank 2 from verse 2
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    11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

  3. Matthew 13:34–35Rank 3 from verse 2
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    34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

    35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

  4. Matthew 13:10Rank 4 from verse 2
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    10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

  5. Matthew 13:3Rank 5 from verse 2
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    3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

  6. Psalms 49:4Rank 6 from verse 2
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    4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

  7. Psalms 78:2Rank 7 from verse 2
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    2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

  8. John 7:16–17Rank 8 from verse 2
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    16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  9. Mark 12:38Rank 9 from verse 2
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    38¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

  10. Mark 4:33–34Rank 10 from verse 2
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    33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

    34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

  11. Matthew 7:28Rank 11 from verse 2
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    28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

  12. John 18:19Rank 12 from verse 2
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    19¶ The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

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Mark 4:2

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

doctrine

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That which is taught; teaching or instruction.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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4:1AND he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

4:2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

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4:3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

4:5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

4:6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

4:7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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